Guide to the Ambrosia Wysinger Jones Papers
Guide to the Ambrosia Wysinger Jones Papers
Collection number: MS 27
African American Museum and Library at OaklandOakland, California
- Processed by:
- Sean Heyliger
- Date Completed:
- 04/23/2013
- Encoded by:
- Sean Heyliger
Biography / Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Ambrosia Jones standing with man and women in tent [005] 1966
Class photograph, Frick School, Oakland, California [011] circa 1910
Ambrosia Jones seated with man at dining table aboard the Queen Elizabeth II [013] 1991
Portrait of man in suit [014] circa 1910s
Al Barros, Ambrosia Jones, and unidentified man at banquet [015] 1992
Ambrosia Jones shaking hands with ship’s captain [016] undated
Two women standing on sidewalk, caption: ‘Twins? Oh yes’ [017] 1923
Man and woman standing in front of car, caption: ‘Happy, Ruth? Nice, isn’t it Ralph’ [018] circa 1920s
Two women and a man standing on the sidewalk, caption: ‘Nell, Fresno do you like the Oakland [--]’ [019] circa 1920s
Portrait of Miley Hunter, singer in Oakland [020] circa 1920s
Portrait of John Moore in suit holding a cane [021] undated
Baby portrait of Ambrosia Jones [022] circa 1905
Family portrait Miley Hunter and three unidentified persons [023] circa 1920s
Tintype portrait of woman in pin-striped dress [024] circa 1860s
Portrait of woman seated wearing pancake straw hat [025] undated
Class portrait in classroom under photographs of Franklin D. Roosevelt, reverse: ‘$3.50 the grand ave. cyclery $1.25 tube Berkeley cyclery’ [026] circa 1930s
Portrait of woman in cap and gown leaning on balustrade [027] undated
Cabinet card with miniature portraits of two men and a woman [028] undated
Three portraits of a girl with pig-tails and ribbons in hair [029] undated
Teacher and student working on woman’s hair, Charm Beauty School, Oakland, California [030] undated
Erroll Garner at piano, Columbia records publicity photograph [031] circa 1950s
Portrait of woman [032] 1944
Massage machine, Charm Beauty School [033] undated
Ambrosia Jones standing outside with two men and a woman [034] circa 1950s
Young girl in white dress standing next to infant seated on chair in front yard [035] circa 1900s
Four men standing outside [036] undated
Man standing in front of tree, reverse: ‘cousin of Ambrosia’s ‘Neely’ [037] undated
Cabinet card portrait of man with mutton chop beard, Vaughn’s photograph gallery, San Francisco, California [038] circa 1880s
Ambrosia and Hillarie Jones in group photograph under patio umbrella, reverse: ‘pictures by Nick at home of Mr. and Mrs. Whallon [?], Omaha, Nebraska’ [039] 1953
Cabinet card portrait of man in pin-striped suit holding a cane, Imperial Gallery, Oakland, California [040] undated
Cabinet card with four miniature portraits, reverse: ‘Florence Moore’ [042] undated
Portrait postcard of Aunt Mary [043] circa 1910s
Cabinet card portrait of woman, Taber photographer, San Francisco, California [045] circa 1880s
Cabinet card portrait of woman in black dress, N.Y. photo co., Providence, Rhode Island [046] undated
Cabinet card portrait of woman in black dress, J.W. Krieg, Cincinnati, Ohio [047] circa 1890s
Cabinet card portrait of woman in white dress and cravat, Huddlestons, Oakland, California [048] undated
Hillarie and Ambrosia Jones [049] circa 1950s
Sepia portrait of man in suit, James & Merrihew, Tacoma, Washington [050-051] circa 1920s
Classroom photograph [052] undated
Men and women sitting on carriage, reverse: ‘Ambrosia’s mother, Florence Moore Wysinger, center’ [053] undated
Two women and a dog standing next to shed [054] undated
Two women at picnic [055] undated
Souvenir photographs, Hillarie and Ambrosia Jones with friend at White Sulphur Springs, Napa Sun Valley, St. Helena, California [056-057] circa 1950s
Florence Moore Wysinger and unidentified woman [058] circa 1950s
Portrait of young girl in chair, F.A. Webster photographer, Oakland, California [059] circa 1900s
Sepia portrait of woman standing next to chair [060] circa 1900s
Portrait of man in tuxedo [061] undated
Portrait of man in suit, caption: ‘To a swell pal –Nick’ [062] undated
Students at the Charm Beauty School, reverse: ‘Doris Willis, L. Jackson, M. Barnes, seated, Jackie Figgins, Mrs. Clark, J. Andrews’ [063] undated
Ambrosia Jones and unidentified woman sitting on Niblack Slendering System equipment, reverse: ‘first black reducing salon in Berkeley’ [064] circa 1959
Ambrosia Jones and two unidentified women standing in front of Niblack Slendering System equipment [065] circa 1959
Ambrosia Jones in group photograph with group of women [066] undated
Group photograph [067] circa 1940s
Ambrosia Jones cutting cake next to her sister Edna Wysinger Black [068] circa 1950s
Ambrosia Jones standing next to two women [069] circa 1959
Ambrosia Jones inside slenderizing reducing machine [070] circa 1950s
Ambrosia Jones with group of women looking at Niblack Slendering System Equipment [071] circa 1950s
Group photograph of women seated around dining table [072] circa 1940s
Ambrosia Jones in group photograph [073] 1956
Ambrosia and Hillarie Jones receiving an award [074] undated
Ambrosia and Hillarie Jones seated on couch surrounded by men and women [075/078] circa 1950s
Hillarie Jones and postmen, reverse: ‘Hillarie and postmen in first black restaurant in Alameda’ [076] undated
Group photograph in banquet hall [077] undated
Hillarie and Ambrosia Jones in bar [079] undated
Rosita Myers Jones (second on right), granddaughter of Ambrosia Jones, on children’s morning television program ‘The Romper Room’ [080] undated
Hillarie Jones and group of men on horses, reverse: ‘Hillarie Jones in his riding club in Richmond ca. 1945 he came here from Alexandria, Louisiana during the war’ [081] circa 1945
Florence Moore in class photograph [082] circa 1890
Ambrosia Jones and unidentified woman [083] circa 1950s
Seven women in formal wear [084] 1956
Members of the Barbers Union standing around banquet table [085] 1944
Ambrosia Jones and woman standing outside [086] 1960
Men and women standing around table looking at book [087] undated
Three girls in white dresses [088] undated
Beauty school students in salon classroom [089] undated
Hillarie Jones standing outside [098] undated
Ambrosia Jones two women holding champagne glasses [099] undated
Four girls wearing leis in Hawaii [100] undated
Hillarie Jones at banquet table with group of women [101] undated
Hillarie Jones in banquet hall with two women and man [102] undated
Ambrosia and Hillarie Jones dancing in banquet hall [103] undated
Two women wearing corsages [104] undated
Group photograph of girls in standing [105] undated
Ambrosia and Hillarie Jones in group photograph at dinner party [107] 1955
Ambrosia Jones at office desk [108] circa 1950s
Students of Charm Beauty School, reverse: ‘Mrs. Webb teacher trainee, Richmond school; Miss Provost, former store clerk, graduate; Joy Onyenku, Nigerian foreign student; Jean Burns, graduate in shop in S.F.; Mrs. Yarborough, freshman teacher at Charm’ [109] undated
Contact print, beauty school students [6]/Rosita Myers Jones in polka-dot dress [5]/exterior of Gus Kroesen jewelry store [110] undated
Ambrosia Jones sitting on stool surrounded by massage tables [111] undated
Man in tuxedo at table, reverse: ‘Lemuel at Captain Bill’s party’ [112] undated
Hillarie Jones and unidentified woman seated outside [113] undated
Unidentified woman and girl seated outside [114] undated
Man, woman, and girl standing outside [115] undated
Ambrosia Jones, Florence Wysinger Allen, and Edna Wysinger Ellis reading Chicago Defender with ‘London GI Riots Mount’ headline [116] undated
Ambrosia Jones with two unidentifed women [117] undated
Ambrosia Jones standing on boat with three girls [118] undated
Ambrosia Jones seated on dais at banquet at Fairmont Hotel [119] undated
Hillarie and Ambrosia Jones at desk at the Charm Travel Agency [120] undated
Ambrosia Jones with four women at banquet [121] undated
Ambrosia Jones in group photograph in front of hotel in India, reverse: ‘With personal compliments from Narain Sinha Director, Sales and Marketing Clarks Group of Hotels’ [122] undated
Ambrosia and Hillarie Jones receiving an award [123] undated
Group photograph at birthday party for Alicia Hinds at the home of Hillarie and Ambrosia Jones [124] undated
Students inside Charm Beauty School [125] undated
Hillarie Jones standing with bowling team [126] undated
Ambrosia Jones seated on lounge chair with women [127] undated
Students cutting hair at Charm Beauty School [128] undated
Group photograph at Hillarie and Ambrosia Jones’ 20th wedding anniversary party [129] undated
Hillarie and Ambrosia Jones having drinks with friends at Tonga Room at the Fairmount Hotel [134] 1953
Portrait of Susan Wilson [reproduction] undated
Correspondence 1945-1987
Newspaper clippings 1951-1987
Volume I 1906-1957
Volume II 1972-1977
Housing-warming guestbook/scrapbook 1942-1944, 1972
Housing-warming guestbook/scrapbook 1970-1986
Programs 1945-1993
Ephemera
Yuletide bonus stamp booklet 1950
Gold Arrow Trading Company stamp booklet undated
Kool cigarettes card deck undated
Ambrosia Jones name plate undated
Legal records
Articles of Incorporation, Projectors Associated Loans 1968
Release of claim for back interest 1977